At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons (ECS) Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Oleksandr Babliak, Chief of the Cardiac Surgery Division at the Dobrobut Medical Network in Kyiv, Ukraine, about utilizing minimally invasive approaches in complex cardiac procedures.
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Minimally Invasive
November 27, 2025
November 26, 2025
This video presents the case of a 34-year-old male who experienced military heart trauma, for which the surgeons performed a totally endoscopic extraction of a cardiac foreign body.
November 20, 2025
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive strategy for combined aortic valve replacement using a sutureless bioprosthesis and total coronary revascularization via left anterior minithoracotomy, highlighting the technical details and feasibility of this sternum-sparing approach.
November 20, 2025
This video demonstrates a standardized robotic pedicled left internal mammary artery harvest technique guided by patient-specific 3D computed tomography reconstruction and chest modeling to optimize safety, visualization, and conduit integrity.
November 18, 2025
This video demonstrates a patient who underwent a Bentall procedure via a minimally invasive right anterior minithoracotomy.
November 14, 2025
At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons (ECS) Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Patrick Perier, chairman of the ECS Club and staff surgeon at the Herz und Gefäss Klinik in Bad Neustadt, Germany, about minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
November 12, 2025
This video demonstrates a novel technique using an endoloop to facilitate precise and secure clip ligation of the left atrial appendage.
November 10, 2025
This video demonstrates a totally videoscopic left atrial appendage occlusion guided by patient-specific 3D printing.
November 9, 2025
This video demonstrates a right axillary approach for atrial septal defect closure in pediatric patients, which can also be used for simple congenital heart surgeries.
November 6, 2025
This video presents an advanced surgical workflow that combines 3D planning and mixed reality to enhance precision, safety, and case-specific strategy in robotic thoracic surgery.